Policy limits smokers to parking lots

Sophomore Abdul Dolaimi takes a smoking break between classes in parking lot C. The 22 year-old uses this time to relax and socialize with his friends. Students are now limited to smoking in designated areas of the parking lots. / photo by Allison Lavelle

Amanda Nieto
Staff Writer

The new smoking policy, which took effect Jan. 1 and banishes smokers to parking lots and a few designated smoking areas, is getting mixed reviews from students and staff, who also note that its enforcement so far has been spotty.

Oct. 15 brought the approval of the new smoking policy for the university. The policy states that smoking is only allowed in parking lots and public sidewalks adjacent to parking lots.

Its goal is to reduce the amount of secondhand smoke that nonsmokers are exposed to.